Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Method (MCDM) to Study Quality of Life Variables in the Design of Senior Residences in Iran

This study conducted a meta-analysis on the related sources published in the last 15 years to obtain indicators relevant to residential space of elderly people effective on their quality of life. Using multi-criteria decision-making method (MCDM) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) by 35 experts, it evaluated the sub-components obtained from studies and the scoring of individual and collective residences for senior citizens by Expert Choice (EC) software. The results show that, among physical, perceptual, functional-skeletal and sociocultural factors, physical and sociocultural factors had the most and least significance, respectively. The results also indicated that the physical followed by perceptual factors have more weight and more impact in determining a residence that matches the quality of life of the elderly. Moreover, collective residences, as compared to individual ones, have a higher relative weight to be selected as the accommodation for elderly people. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.